Day-After Notes: Fourth-Quarter Breakdowns Most Upsetting

For everything that went wrong on Sunday in Tampa, the most disconcerting thing to Head Coach Mike McCarthy was that the team struggled so much in the fourth quarter.

Because after suffering through seven losses by four points or less in 2008, the Packers dedicated a significant portion of offseason workouts, training camp, and the regular-season practice structure to late-game situations. While that appeared to pay off in a last-minute victory to open the season against Chicago, it hasn't carried over since then, and the late breakdowns, in all phases, cost the team a game it should have won on Sunday.

"We need to play our best football in the fourth quarter," McCarthy said. "We have a tremendous amount of time that has been spent in our training in two-minute, both offense and defense, and we didn't answer the bell. Those are the things we'll look at today. Those are the things that we'll address as players and coaches and we'll move on to Dallas."